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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

The thing all your flower bouquets are missing

Fresh
flowers always add a little something special to any room, don’t they? Adorning
your home with bouquets of lush blooms is one of the easiest ways to freshen up
a space, add a pop of color and instantly make any occasion celebratory.

Have you
ever noticed, though, how the larger your bouquet, the harder it is to arrange?

Long-stemmed flowers want to droop, fall on top of one another or fall right
out of the vase. Here's what all your bouquet endeavors have been missing:

Flower frogs
are the perfect example of ‘vintage’ items that never go out of style. Why?
Because if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.

These handy
little gems (usually) sit on the bottom of your vase and ensure that every single one of
your blooms and stems stand upright and exactly in place. They’re typically
made from heavy materials like glass or various metals. You’ll see them in one
of two forms; giant clusters of small, slim spikes; or perforated with many
holes, each about a quarter of an inch in size. My personal preference is the
latter.

To arrange
your first-class bouquet, simply place the flower stems into the holes of the
frog, or, if you’re using the spiked version, press the stems into the spikes.
I like to work from the center, out.

See how the flower droops before we use the frog?

After using the flower frog: Now the flower stand beautifully upright!

Voila!

Never before
have your bouquets been so full and stunning; fit for any magazine spread!

If you’ve never had the opportunity to use a
flower frog, but you’re eager to try, you’re in luck. You can find them in
droves at any given antique fair, shop or market. Check out places like Ebay, Etsy and Amazon
too. Some of the really nice ones act as both frog and vase, like the one shown
below, which happens to be one of my mothers. She snagged it at the Brimfield
Antique Show last year. As a bonus, they’re very inexpensive; definitely worth
the minimal investment for such a magnificent return.

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Tierney is a 25 year-old introspective day dreamer who, long ago, stepped off the conveyer belt of conformity. She loves eclectic style, books that demand complete obsession, foods that require the use of all five senses, swoon-worthy shoes (in all their boxes!) lining her closet shelves and how the light bends during vernal and autumnal equinoxes. You can find her gallivanting across the countryside looking for fresh produce; sandwiched between cotton blankets, her nose crammed in a book; refashioning a vintage dress into a stunning blouse or letting her feet sink into the sand on the shoreline.